SolrCloud with Cloudera Search

Installation

• prerequisities: Java, Hadoop, Zookeeper
• on the first server instance:
  • set the ZooKeeper and HDFS addresses in /etc/default/solr
  • create the solr directory in the root of HDFS (and chmod it to solr:solr)
  • initialize the solr namespace in ZooKeeper (run solrctl init)
  • start the Solr service: service solr-server restart
• ​on other server instances:
  • set the ZooKeeper and HDFS addresses in /etc/default/solr
  • start the Solr service: service solr-server restart

Creating the new SolrCloud collection

• OPTIONAL: generate all necessary config files: solrctl instancedir --generate $HOME/solr_configs
• Initialize the collection directory on Zookeeper: solrctl instancedir --create mycollection $HOME/solr_configs
• Creaate the collection: solrctl collection --create mycollection -s <number_of_shards> -r <number_of_replicas>
• Possible deleting of collection/instancedir: solrctl collection --delete mycollection, solrctl instancedir --delete mycollection